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went out today and left the door unlocked.

27 replies

misdee · 21/09/2004 15:19

in fact we left it wide open. what happened was i was getting dd2 car seat fitted and dh said he'd sort out the door. but then someone came along asking for directions, so he got side tracked. as dh had reversed the car in i didnt see the door was still open. and we went and dropped dd1 off at nursery, sorted out dd2 nursery place, and cashpoint etc, so was out for about an hour. we came back and saw the door open. but no-one has been in (as far as i am aware) all keys are present and accounted for, all electrical equipment is here, nothing has been touched in fact. cant belive it.

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sweetheart · 21/09/2004 15:20

we're always going out and leaving our door unlocked.

I'm quite glad in a way - I think it really says something about where we live

pixiefish · 21/09/2004 15:20

I went to bed once and dh had forgotten to lock the front door- and to make it worse we live on a main road!

Papillon · 21/09/2004 15:33

lucky you

Blackduck · 21/09/2004 15:51

Went out and left door wide open!! (I blame dp) and a friend left one night and left the door wide open! Luckily (or not?) you can't see the front door from the road - I was more worried about the dog!!

littlemissbossy · 21/09/2004 16:00

we left the door unlocked overnight a few nights ago with the keys in the lock on the outside... then I realised my car keys were still in the ignition as well

fio2 · 21/09/2004 16:01

i am always doing this

infact i have been known to go to bed with the keys still in the front door

acnebride · 21/09/2004 16:09

just posted this on the other thread - huzza am not only one

charliecat · 21/09/2004 16:26

I do this a lot and I live in a rough area...just pure luck that noones been in.

mrsflowerpot · 21/09/2004 16:29

we went to open the patio doors in April to find them unlocked - last time they had been opened was bonfire night when we went out to have sparklers. What is worse is I am completely paranoid and frequently send dh downstairs at night to check doors windows etc. Shows what a shoddy job he does of it.

codswallop · 21/09/2004 16:37

Oh all the time here!

hana · 21/09/2004 16:46

our front door always locks ( as long as I've shut it that is!) but I have - lots of times - gone out with the french doors in the kitchen wide open. Have been really really lucky up until now.

bran · 21/09/2004 16:49

In our last house I answered the door one Saturday to the postman, who had our keys in his hand. DH had left them in the lock when coming home drunk . His defence can be summed up as "Nothing happened did it? I don't see what you're getting so upset about".

fruitful · 21/09/2004 17:43

We went on holiday and left the front door open (actually I think we did shut it - it locks itself - but it didn't "catch" and swung open later). Some friends who didn't realise exactly when we were going away popped round a couple of hours later and found it - ended up wandering round our house calling for us before phoning dh's mobile to find out where we were - we were at Gatwick .

Davros · 21/09/2004 17:57

Our front door was left open all night once, keys left hanging in door several times, back door wide open several times and left patio doors unlocked last week for 2 days and 2 nights before remembering (could just be opened with a slight tug), DH left mobile phone on someone's wall while getting other stuff out of car, still there the next day...... its always him that does it of course

Miaou · 21/09/2004 18:17

I don't know where our door key is. Last time I found it and tried to use it the lock had rusted through lack of use! PS last recorded crime here was over 20 years ago (four bottles of wine, they got a telling off and put them back )

bundle · 21/09/2004 18:18

miaou

Barbaloot · 21/09/2004 18:34

Last time I left the front door wide open all night a mouse set up home in the kitchen.

Twiglett · 21/09/2004 18:40

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WideWebWitch · 21/09/2004 19:20

I went out on Sunday morning leaving dp asleep upstairs (his turn to lie in) and the front door wide open. Dp called to tell me when he woke at 11.30am and we were still out. Oops. So you're not alone you lot!

Tommy · 21/09/2004 22:13

I did it today too! In fact, I'm always doing it (don't tell DH )

susanmt · 21/09/2004 22:46

I don't even know where our front door key is. We never lock the house, even when we go on holiday! Dh only knows where the car keys are cos he leaves them in the car.

polly28 · 22/09/2004 00:26

We haven't got a back door key as ds lost it,I regularly leave front door unlocked and car unlocked.

We have been burgled but that was at night when we were all asleep and the doors were locked!

wizzysmum · 22/09/2004 02:29

I once went on holiday leaving back door unlocked, and have left the front door wide open more than once!

fuzzywuzzy · 22/09/2004 04:57

Oh my dp leaves the key in the front door on the outside all the time. Cannot remember the number of times my lovely neighbours have knocked on the front door telling us... it's been done over night and during the day whenever.....!!!! I now check whenever he comes home.

Mum2girls · 22/09/2004 09:24

I have on numerous ocassions gone out all day and left the front door wide open . Drives DP insane, but I tell him if he did the nursery run every day, he might get a bit forgetful himself.

Thing is, I take 2DDs out to the car and inevitably have to come back in for coats, cardies, drinks, bags etc. Then I pull the door behind me, forgetting the catch is on. Oops!

We live in a niceish area of a not terribly nice city in the Midlands. Must be just luck.